Each local planning authority participates in the preparation of “Joint Housing Land Availability Studies” which:

l monitor the provision of market and affordable housing;

l provide an agreed statement of residential land availability for development planning and control purposes; and

l set out the need for action in situations where an insufficient supply is identified.  Further guidance on the studies can be found in Technical Advice Note (Wales) 1: Joint Housing Land Availability Studies.

Housing Land Availability Studies for Carmarthenshire have, up until the 2007 Study been undertaken on a bi-annual basis. The revised Technical Advice Note 1 (2006) now requires studies to be undertaken on an annual basis. The latest completed study is the 2010 Study which can be downloaded above.

For more information on the Carmarthenshire Joint Housing Land Availability Studies please contact the Forward Planning Section.  Alternatively please contact the Department for Enterprise, Innovation and Networks of the Welsh Assembly Government who co-ordinate the studies.

Carmarthenshire Joint Housing Land Availability Studies can be downloaded for 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.